Multiple players said that the boisterous Alabama strength coach read Miles' recent take on LSU's "Death Valley," which he said "is truly a place where opponents' dreams go to die."

Running back Eddie Lacy said he didn't have much of a reaction to it.

"It's just words," he said. "You have to go out and play.

"You can talk and say whatever you want, but at the end of the day you have to play on the field, you know."

LSU is currently riding a program-record 22-game home winning streak. Under Miles, the Tigers are 36-1 in home night games.

Its only home loss at night came against Florida in 2009, when it fell, 13-3.

"They're going to have the crowd, they're going to have their energy going," Lacy said. "Just the stadium, especially when you play at night time. That's a different effect."

Wide receiver Kevin Norwood was a redshirt freshman who didn't see the field much when Alabama last played at LSU. He joked that he "didn't understand Les Miles," but had seen and heard enough about LSU's homefield advantage to respect it.

"Death Valley is a
tough place to play, especially when they got their crowd behind them,
especially when they got a good defense," Norwood said. "We’re just going to have to bring
our A game and focus on what we got to do."

Linebacker C.J. Mosley said Alabama has to "block out the clutter" if it wants to be successful in such a hostile atmosphere.

"Some
teams might go down there and just not have the right mindset or (be)
ready to play and might let the crowd get to them or let the adversity
get to them," he said. "But being where we are, we have to make sure we stay
focused and block out all the clutter and just be ready for a physical
game come Saturday."